Love for Wisdom (Philosophy) – Grande Dame or living Zombie?

Philosophy is going through rather hard times at present. Like an old lady of genteel birth, she is still talked about because of her stately demeanor and tremendous self-confidence – just as if she did not know that you’re mocking her as a zombie behind her back. Certainly, philosophy is still present at almost all universities, but you only need to translate her boisterous Greek name into plain English to provoke a condescending smile. What, after all, is left of that ‘Love for Wisdom‘? If people are serious about their life, they turn to business, logistics or physics. If they just want to have fun, they don’t care about wisdom at all. Love for Wisdom (Philosophy) – Grande Dame or living Zombie? weiterlesen

Left or right – is that the question?

(Das deutsche Original, publiziert in EuroKalypse Now? (Metropolis 2014) unter dem Titel Rechts oder Links – das ist die Frage, kann ich nur in englischer Übersetzung auf meine Website reproduzieren) Left or right – is that the question? weiterlesen